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‘Here he is seen comforted by stablemates while the cut above his left eye trickles blood from jostling with the crowd.’

‘Fold the pancake neatly into a triangle, place on a plate, trickle the sauce around the pancake and serve immediately.’

‘Slowly, she raised her face to Bran, covered with shallow cuts trickling blood.’

‘She trickled the acid over the body, focusing mostly on his face, and hands, though the packet held enough to dissolve most of the entire body.’

‘She let out the tiniest bit of pressure and power, sending him shattering out of her mind as his nose trickled blood.’

‘For some reason, which no one can prove to my knowledge, when black powder is trickled into the cartridge case through a drop tube it burns more cleanly.’

‘Cool to lukewarm and then trickle the egg and water over the stuffing, mixing it in lightly until the stuffing is moist yet still rather crumbly.’

‘Her cheeks were covered in tiny scrapes and a larger wound was already trickling a small stream of crimson blood down the middle of her forehead.’

1.2Come or go slowly or gradually.

‘the first members of the congregation began to trickle in’

‘Along the way there is a slow but steady trickling stream of septuagenarians, slipping their way down to the round stone tower by the beach.’

‘Second and third periods had trickled by after that, maybe not skipping past as quickly as Sociology had, but not passing in a manner so slow that I could complain.’

‘Lunch break ends and the men slowly trickle back into the room.’

‘They almost added another a minute later when a pull by Jarlath Sweeney trickled inches wide of the upright.’

‘Even with Bishop Belo there to take the mass, the people held back and trickled very slowly into the church.’

‘This is the cue for scores of stragglers who slowly trickle into the ground in small groups and squat on the bare ground.’

‘The life slowly trickled away from Kira as her vision began to darken.’

‘Two guards took their positions on either side of the door and opened it as the kingdom's residents began to trickle in slowly.’

‘As the minutes started to slowly trickle by, Bastian sat in silence and began to wait.’

‘With all of the food eaten, and the time growing late, people began to slowly trickle out of the dining hall, until only a few people were left.’

‘He put on his basketball uniform and began to loosen his muscles while his teammates slowly trickled in and follow suit.’

‘As we trickle day by day through the end of October and move ever closer to November, the weather is switching to a uniform foggy grey that wakens memories of my time in Lincolnshire back in the very early sixties.’

‘His approach putt went six feet past, and the return trickled by the cup, giving Irwin a half and clinching the cup for the home side.’

‘They literally shook the ground in which we were standing here, quite loud explosions, and it sounded a long way away from the information that slowly now is trickling to us.’

‘Ideas spread, trickling any which direction they can.’

‘On the other hand Kildare were handsomely predictable as the early days of 2003 trickled by.’

‘National council decisions aren't usually publicised to members, so this information is only trickling out to members slowly.’

‘And I really went week after week, month after month, before the details of what was going on in that family slowly began to trickle out.’

‘Christiane, time is obviously of the essence, and you said aid is trickling in slowly.’

‘As the clock struck half past five the crowd was slowly trickling in.’

noun

1A small flow of liquid.

‘a trickle of blood’

‘A small trickle of blood wound its way along his palm, emanating from a fine slice in his skin that was deep enough to have been caused by a razor.’

‘Combined with ice cubes and a little bit of essence, the trickles of liquid from crushed melons go on to become a sweet delicacy.’

‘Her eyes widened as Jesse stood there, small trickles of blood dripping from his clenched hands.’

‘Thin trickles of water slowly ran down the sheet of glass.’

‘She noticed, trailing from the corner of the frozen grimace of his mouth, a trickle of mealy yellow liquid that was drying into a crust on his cheek.’

‘A warm trickle began to flow down his leg, either blood or urine.’

‘But it wasn't enough control to stop the trickle of cream-laden coffee from splashing down the front of my shirt.’

‘His arms were covered in small trickles of blood that flowed from the many burns on his body.’